I have always loved losing myself in a good book . It began with being read to both at home and at school. I still have some of those childhood books tucked away on one particular bookshelf. What childhood books do you still treasure? What words or phrases remain with you, because of having those books read to you? This year marks the 100 th  Anniversary of the first ‘Winnie the Pooh’ book, the lovable character who originally appeared in one simple story published in the London Evening News...

A clergy colleague of mine was recently labelled ‘ a traitor ’ – imagine that! Fear not, it was all a bit of fun. Each table allocated to a team at the village quiz had been given a Reality TV -themed name. She happened to find herself a member of ‘ Team Traitors ’. Despite immediately staking a claim for being ‘ a faithful ’ (which seemed reasonable) the die was cast, the name stuck – for that evening at least – and much hilarity ensued! The name traitor may be the tv show’s headline but the...

I remember many years ago taking my young goddaughter and her brother to Halifax and watching the figure of Archimedes way up high, being lowered into his bathtub, and hearing and watching the water gushing out. “ Eureka !” That is, of course, both the name of the Museum we were visiting and the moment being dramatically re-enacted by the Archimedes installation. That simple ‘bathtub moment’ led the ancient Greek mathematician and scientist to immediately grasp a new understanding of the...